Sponsor: Texture, fit, technique, style. Just a handful of elements that inspire today’s knitter to pick up needles and cast on. When it comes to men who knit or those who wish to knit for them, though, sources of inspiration are often difficult to come by. The solution is Rib Magazine. Devon and Jennie, the founders of Rib Magazine hope to establish an ever-evolving, inspirational library of men’s knitwear patterns and highlight the renaissance of men returning to the craft and art of knitting. As you flip through the pages, you will not only find engaging designs, but stories of men who participate in and contribute to our fiber community, whether they be knitters, designers, weavers, spinners, or dyers. Through their stories, Rib aims to motivate and attract more men to knitting.

Now introducing the second issue of Rib Magazine: No. 2 | NAVIGATE. In the pages of this issue, you will find designs and articles that explore the craft of knitting along with selected garments and accessories with interesting constructions and techniques—challenges for you to navigate and adventures to embrace. Whether you are embarking on a project to learn a new skill or fine tune your craft, we hope that you enjoy the journey of creating a timeless piece for your wardrobe or a loved one’s. Look for issue No. 3 launching this October. Subscriptions and individual issues are available on at ribmag.com and follow along on Instagram @ribmagazine

Fiber folk: Olga Buraya-Kefelian is a force in the knitwear design community and her penchant for unique construction and patterns has broadened many a knitters repertoire. Her work has made appearances with many of our favorite yarn brands, including Shibui, Woolfolk, Brooklyn Tweed, Habu and many more. I’ve long been a fan of her versatility in design and it was a pleasure getting to hear her story. I hope you enjoy it as well. And for those you who don’t want to miss any of Olga’s upcoming events and classes, make sure to subscribe to her newsletter at olgajazzy.com and follow along on Instagram and Facebook @olgajazzyknits.

Sponsor: Shibui Knits was born in 2007, in the basement of Darcy Cameron’s yarn store, Knit Purl in Portland, Oregon. Faced with the limitations of yarn from big-brand companies, she started her own label, bringing yarn of the highest quality to small, independent stores like her own. Shibui Knits has since grown to represent timeless sophistication in local yarn stores worldwide. All of the Shibui yarns are designed to become unique, luxury fabrics in a coordinated palette made for mixing, at any gauge. Each pattern is tailored with thoughtful techniques, resulting in an intuitive knitting process and garments with optimal fit. Today, they continue to be grounded in the concept of simplicity well executed, with loving attention to detail. This week Shibui launched the FW17 collection along with their newest yarn Birch, a sport weight single ply made in 100% merino. This new collection celebrates the contrasts of the season with dynamic shapes, and versatile, multi-seasonal fabrics that help you push the boundaries of your personal style with confidence. You can view the FW17 lookbook along with the full line of Shibui yarns at shibuiknits.com and make sure to follow along on Ravelry and Instagram @shibuiknits and you’ll want to join Shibui’s card list and follow their journey at shibuiknits.com/follow-our-journey

Giveaway: The winner of our last episode’s giveaway is Rose Young. You’ve won a copy of Rebecca Burgess’s book Harvesting Color and 3 skeins of Twirl yarn. Congratulations!

This week’s giveaway is sponsored by Shibui and Rib Magazine. Shibui is giving a project kit which includes the ICON pattern, a modern wrap from their FW17 collection along with 5 skeins of their new yarn Birch. Rib Magazine is giving away a copy of their most recent issue Navigate. To enter, leave a comment on this blog post.

Such an engaging and interesting interview. I loved hearing her story. The sweater on the cover of Capsule 1 is very intriguing. I love the look of the shawls shown in the pictures right above the podcast download bar.

Insightful interview – totally captivating. While listening, I was wondering about Olga’s time in Italy and the inspirational weight it could have (might have?)had on her creative process (talk about abundance of detail!)

Enjoyed hearing Olga Jazzy tell her story. It is fascinating and amazing. As a retired military wife, having moved over 20 times over the course of my husband’s career, I say wow!! You took the challenges of multiple moves and used them to further your knowledge and interests. Your story is inspirational for any military wife who is struggling to find herself. Congratulations on where you are today, Olga. And continued success!

Thank you for finding these amazing people and giving them the space to tell us their story. Good to hear that there are so many different reason why people want to knit and mainly several reasons to keep going for each knitter or fibre creative. I wish Olga all the best for her future.

I can’t wait to learn more about Olga, her patterns and her journey. Your podcasts have been a portal to so much learning about the knit world I love so much and this episode looks like a really good one! Thanks for your dedication to all the education you spread through your work.

One of the best things about hearing other people’s fibre journeys are the recollections and observations that resonate with your own – Olga’s personal experience with knitting as meditation and therapy struck that chord with me.

Thanks for another great podcast and giveaway. It was lovely to listen to Olga tell us where she came from, how she started out and what’s in the future. I was lucky enough to listen to her give a talk at Pomfest in London, recently, and this interview simply helped give an even better understanding of who she is.

What a super interesting podcast. Thank you for sharing your love of all things fiber with us. The yarns in the prize package are gorgeous. Thank you for the opportunity to experience a great pattern and yarn.

Thank you for introducing me to a knitwear designer with a focus on texture. I love texture! Olga mentioned designs that can be worn in different ways or augmented and I plan to figure out which ones those are. Thanks again!

Thank you for giving Olga space to share her story. Her evolution as a designer is fascinating. I’m eager to look at her patterns as I am a person who enjoys learning and would appreciate her project based teaching style.

Thank you, Olga, for sharing your story! You’ve made woolfolk yarns less of a mystery to me and I’m really keen to knit with it as it is super soft!! Thanks to Woolful for another wonderful podcast! Listening while knitting is my happy place:)

I just listened to your interview with Olga Buraya-Kefelian and I had to write to say how much I enjoyed listening to Olga. I’ve purchased many of her patterns because I simply love her sense of design. But, the interview struck such a meaningful chord in me that I just had to leave this comment. Well done.

The audio of the conversation was also quite excellent – the best one I’ve heard from Woolful. So congratulations on that, too.

Thanks to you and Olga for keeping me company on the commute today! It was interesting to hear about how her creative flair for knitwear design was fuelled in part by the limited selection of off-the-rack clothing in Belarus during the Soviet era.

Great podcast : ) I’m so thankful for designers like Olga who design lovely knits with a capsule wardrobe in mind. She’s a designer I’ve long admired and appreciated this interview so much. Happy knitting!!!